S L Hill

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1 Association between airway bacterial load and markers of airway inflammation in patients with stable chronic bronchitis. Am J Med 2000 3.00
2 Relationship of sputum color to nature and outpatient management of acute exacerbations of COPD. Chest 2000 2.35
3 Reduction of ciliary beat frequency in vitro by sputum from patients with bronchiectasis: a serine proteinase effect. Thorax 1984 2.07
4 Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2007 1.95
5 Elastolytic activity of sputum and its relation to purulence and to lung function in patients with bronchiectasis. Thorax 1984 1.82
6 High-resolution computed tomography scanning in alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency: relationship to lung function and health status. Eur Respir J 2001 1.71
7 Changes in bronchial inflammation during acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. Eur Respir J 2001 1.67
8 Physiological and radiological characterisation of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care. Thorax 2000 1.65
9 Activities of new fluoroquinolones against fluoroquinolone-resistant pathogens of the lower respiratory tract. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998 1.62
10 Exercise training and inspiratory muscle training in patients with bronchiectasis. Thorax 2005 1.55
11 Use of mortality within 30 days of a COPD hospitalisation as a measure of COPD care in UK hospitals. Thorax 2013 1.55
12 Experimental autoimmune myocarditis in A/J mice is an interleukin-4-dependent disease with a Th2 phenotype. Am J Pathol 2001 1.52
13 Bronchial inflammation in acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bronchitis: the role of leukotriene B4. Eur Respir J 2000 1.50
14 Rebreathing during use of the Air-Viva resuscitation bag: a hazard. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1983 1.50
15 Assessment of airway neutrophils by sputum colour: correlation with airways inflammation. Thorax 2001 1.48
16 Evidence for excessive bronchial inflammation during an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with alpha(1)-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZ). Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999 1.45
17 Heparin, deep venous thrombosis, and trauma patients. Am J Surg 1991 1.42
18 Nitric oxide inhibits viral replication in murine myocarditis. J Clin Invest 1996 1.36
19 Immune response to Haemophilus parainfluenzae in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2000 1.33
20 The pathogenesis of postinfectious myocarditis. Clin Immunol Immunopathol 1996 1.28
21 Relationship between airway inflammation and the frequency of exacerbations in patients with smoking related COPD. Thorax 2001 1.27
22 Sputum sol-phase proteins and elastase activity in patients with cystic fibrosis. Eur J Respir Dis 1984 1.22
23 Multicenter experience with perventricular device closure of muscular ventricular septal defects. Pediatr Cardiol 2005 1.21
24 Resolution of bronchial inflammation is related to bacterial eradication following treatment of exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. Thorax 2003 1.20
25 Comparison of frequency of complications of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in children versus adults. Am J Cardiol 1999 1.20
26 Short term response of patients with bronchiectasis to treatment with amoxycillin given in standard or high doses orally or by inhalation. Thorax 1986 1.19
27 Airways inflammation in chronic bronchitis: the effects of smoking and alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency. Eur Respir J 2000 1.19
28 Neutrophils from subjects with chronic obstructive lung disease show enhanced chemotaxis and extracellular proteolysis. Lancet 1987 1.15
29 Simple method for quantifying viable bacterial numbers in sputum. J Clin Pathol 1995 1.13
30 Effect of antibiotic treatment on sputum elastase in bronchiectatic outpatients in a stable clinical state. Thorax 1984 1.13
31 Resuscitation training for medical students in the United Kingdom--a comparison with the United States of America. Intensive Care Med 1987 1.12
32 Serum antibodies to outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis in patients with bronchiectasis: identification of OMP B1 as an important antigen. Infect Immun 1995 1.11
33 Dynamics of respiratory tract colonization by Branhamella catarrhalis in bronchiectasis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995 1.09
34 The chemotactic activity of sputum from patients with bronchiectasis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998 1.06
35 A teenager with pacemaker twiddler syndrome. J Pediatr 1997 1.05
36 Exercise capacity predicts health status in alpha(1)-antitrypsin deficiency. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001 1.05
37 MEKC of desmosine and isodesmosine in urine of chronic destructive lung disease patients. Eur Respir J 2000 1.04
38 The measurement of extravascular lung water by thermal-green dye indicator dilution. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1982 1.03
39 A case of Haemophilus parainfluenzae pneumonia. Thorax 2000 1.00
40 Characterization of murine autoimmune myocarditis induced by self and foreign cardiac myosin. Autoimmunity 1999 0.99
41 Quality of life in elderly subjects with a diagnostic label of asthma from general practice registers. Eur Respir J 1999 0.99
42 Symptom resolution assessed using a patient directed diary card during treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis. Thorax 2001 0.99
43 Activities and sources of beta-lactamase in sputum from patients with bronchiectasis. J Clin Microbiol 1989 0.98
44 Fixed performance oxygen masks: an evaluation. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1984 0.97
45 Nebulized amoxicillin in chronic purulent bronchiectasis. Clin Ther 1985 0.95
46 Effect of carbon dioxide on testing of susceptibilities of respiratory tract pathogens to macrolide and azalide antimicrobial agents. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999 0.93
47 Electrocardiographic markers of late sudden death risk in postoperative tetralogy of Fallot children. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1997 0.93
48 Neutrophil chemotaxis in bronchiectasis: a study of peripheral cells and lung secretions. Clin Sci (Lond) 1988 0.91
49 Human sputum cathepsin B degrades proteoglycan, is inhibited by alpha 2-macroglobulin and is modulated by neutrophil elastase cleavage of cathepsin B precursor and cystatin C. Biochem J 1991 0.91
50 The incremental shuttle walking test in elderly people with chronic airflow limitation. Thorax 2002 0.90
51 Relationship of neutrophil cytoplasmic protein (L1) to acute and chronic lung disease. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1984 0.88
52 Lung secretion sol-phase proteins: comparison of sputum with secretions obtained by direct sampling. Thorax 1983 0.88
53 Incremental shuttle walk test in the assessment of patients for heart transplantation. Heart 2001 0.88
54 Measurement of respiratory flow by inductance pneumography. Med Biol Eng Comput 1982 0.87
55 Nasal administration of cardiac myosin suppresses autoimmune myocarditis in mice. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 0.87
56 Therapeutic efficacy of halofuginone and spiramycin treatment against Cryptosporidium serpentis (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) infections in captive snakes. Parasitol Res 1996 0.87
57 Effect of canine immune serum on the growth of Ehrlichia canis within nonimmune canine macrophages. Am J Vet Res 1978 0.87
58 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of Cryptosporidium parvum IgG in the serum of cats. J Parasitol 1997 0.86
59 Role of beta-lactamases in the response of pulmonary infections to amoxycillin/clavulanate. J Antimicrob Chemother 1989 0.86
60 Effect of pre-loading oral glucosamine HCl/chondroitin sulfate/manganese ascorbate combination on experimental arthritis in rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2001 0.86
61 Decision-making for ecosystem-based management: evaluating options for a krill fishery with an ecosystem dynamics model. Ecol Appl 2013 0.86
62 Effect of storage and postage on recovery and quantitation of bacteria in sputum samples. J Clin Pathol 2007 0.86
63 IgA subclasses in sputum from patients with bronchiectasis. Respir Med 1990 0.85
64 Autoimmune myocarditis. Int J Cardiol 1996 0.85
65 Bronchial inflammation: its relationship to colonizing microbial load and alpha(1)-antitrypsin deficiency. Chest 2000 0.85
66 Haemophilus parainfluenzae infection of respiratory mucosa. Respir Med 2003 0.84
67 Effect of fluticasone propionate on neutrophil chemotaxis, superoxide generation, and extracellular proteolytic activity in vitro. Thorax 1994 0.84
68 Proteinases in chronic lung infection. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1991 0.83
69 Neutrophil formyl-peptide receptors. Relationship to peptide-induced responses and emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994 0.83
70 Neonatal radiofrequency catheter ablation of junctional tachycardias. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 1998 0.83
71 The message from the World Asthma Meeting. The Working Groups of the World Asthma Meeting, held in Barcelona, Spain, December 9-13, 1998. Eur Respir J 1999 0.82
72 The isolation and characterization of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae from the sputum of adult cystic fibrosis patients. Eur Respir J 1995 0.82
73 Changes in lung water and capillary permeability following sepsis and fluid overload. J Surg Res 1980 0.81
74 Effects of plasma, tumour necrosis factor, endotoxin and dexamethasone on extracellular proteolysis by neutrophils from healthy subjects and patients with emphysema. Clin Sci (Lond) 1989 0.81
75 Increased adherence of monocytes to fibronectin in bronchiectasis. Regulatory effects of bacterial lipopolysaccharide and role of CD11/CD18 integrins. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992 0.80
76 Effect of cardiac output on extravascular lung water. Am Surg 1981 0.79
77 Effect of short and long term antibiotic response on lung function in bronchiectasis. Thorax 1986 0.79
78 Recurrent aortoduodenal fistula: a lesson in management. Am Surg 1982 0.79
79 Using poisons information service data to assess the acute harms associated with novel psychoactive substances. Drug Test Anal 2014 0.79
80 Patterns of presentation and clinical toxicity after reported use of alpha methyltryptamine in the United Kingdom. A report from the UK National Poisons Information Service. Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2014 0.79
81 Effects of recombinant GM-CSF and IgA opsonisation on neutrophil phagocytosis of latex beads coated with P6 outer membrane protein from Haemophilus influenzae. Thorax 1993 0.78
82 Progesterone status, parity, body condition, and days postpartum before estrus or ovulation synchronization in suckled beef cattle influence artificial insemination pregnancy outcomes. J Anim Sci 2015 0.77
83 The secretory IgA system of lung secretions in chronic obstructive bronchitis: comparison of sputum with secretions obtained during fibreoptic bronchoscopy. Thorax 1984 0.77
84 In vivo study of indomethacin in bronchiectasis: effect on neutrophil function and lung secretion. Eur Respir J 1995 0.76
85 Mucus transport and physiotherapy--a new series. Eur Respir J 1999 0.75
86 Cell and cytokine markers in COPD. Thorax 2000 0.75
87 Asthma associated with a circulating IgG antibody to Calliphora maggots. Clin Allergy 1982 0.75
88 Measuring the mean arterial pressure during transfer of patients. Anaesthesia 1984 0.75
89 Appropriate dose antibiotics in chronic bronchial sepsis. Lancet 1984 0.75
90 Planning in advance for critical care. Am J Nurs 1989 0.75
91 Stylet hazard. Anaesthesia 2000 0.75
92 Fucosidosis in a family of American-bred English Springer Spaniels. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1996 0.75
93 Silicone gel and octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) enhances antibody production to bovine serum albumin in mice. J Biomed Mater Res 1996 0.75
94 Short communication: Change in dose delivery of prostaglandin F2α in a 5-day timed artificial insemination program in lactating dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2013 0.75
95 Electrical hazards from surgical equipment, identified by the diathermy machine. Anaesthesia 1999 0.75
96 Gonadotropin-releasing hormone increased pregnancy risk in suckled beef cows not detected in estrus and subjected to a split-time artificial insemination program. J Anim Sci 2016 0.75
97 Using estrus detection patches to optimally time insemination improved pregnancy risk in suckled beef cows enrolled in a fixed-time artificial insemination program. J Anim Sci 2016 0.75
98 Oxygen masks. Lancet 1983 0.75
99 Discharge planning for the vascular patient: where does home care fit in? J Vasc Nurs 1991 0.75
100 Renal neoplasms in children. W V Med J 1974 0.75
101 Any healthcare provider should... Nurs Manage 1990 0.75
102 Interventions for the elderly amputee. Rehabil Nurs 1985 0.75
103 Evaluation of hydroxyapatite ossicular chain prostheses. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2000 0.75
104 Noninvasive differentiation of carotid artery occlusion from high-grade stenosis. Am Surg 1987 0.75
105 Helicopter air ambulance in a rural community. Emerg Med Serv 1979 0.75
106 The arm as an alternative site for vascular access for dialysis in patients with recurrent access failure. South Med J 1985 0.75
107 Effects of administration of prostaglandin F at initiation of the seven-day CO-Synch+controlled internal drug release ovulation synchronization protocol for suckled beef cows and replacement beef heifers. J Anim Sci 2015 0.75
108 Carotid arterial surgery using local anesthesia: a private practice retrospective study. Am Surg 1992 0.75
109 Structural characterization of polycyclic aromatic compounds by combined gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and gas chromatography/Fourier transform infrared spectrometry. Anal Chem 1984 0.75
110 Critical care planning. J Am Geriatr Soc 1989 0.75